Murder, They Wrote
Actresses and other deceptive women dominate this month’s new thrillers. Plus, a look back at a true original: Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple
Gen Z Finds Its Wise Man
How did Ryan Holiday, a former marketing executive in rural Texas, become the go-to philosopher for these times?
Letting It Loose
On the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main St., and the legendary tour that followed, the unlikely story of how a rock ’n’ roll masterpiece came to be
Alison Oliver
For her first on-screen role, the Irish actress is cast in Conversations with Friends
Talk of the Town
The team behind Normal People returns with Sally Rooney’s literary debut, Conversations with Friends
Take a Chance on Them
Forty years after their unofficial split, Abba is attempting a comeback with a live-concert tour featuring avatars of the band’s younger selves
Inside the Hit Comedy Hacks
A look at what awaits Jean Smart in Season Two
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Mean Girls meets the Bard in an encore of Red Bull Theater’s Mac Beth
Staff Picks
Don’t miss the history behind the Kentucky Derby anthem; a biography of the philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville; and a dazzling look at Renaissance altarpieces
Guardian Angel
In the 19th century, Caroline Norton campaigned for mothers to have legal rights to their own children. She secured them for others—but not for herself
Paradise Regained
On the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main St., the unlikely story of how the greatest rock ’n’ roll album of all time came to be
When Marilyn Went British
In a 1956 trip to England, Marilyn Monroe sowed the seeds of divorce with Arthur Miller, battled with Laurence Olivier on set, and snagged an audience with the Queen
Barbarians Inside the Gates
What happens when the junior staff at Goldman Sachs doesn’t want to go back to the office?
The Monroe Doctrine
Marilyn Monroe has been the subject of thousands of magazine articles, dozens of full-length biographies, an opera, an Elton John song, and more. Now a 1964 Andy Warhol painting of the actress is set to become the world’s most valuable work of modern art
Bass Instincts
Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, turns 85 at Carnegie Hall
